Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Booster

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954465108
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Reseda, CA, USA
Phone
8187585600
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,909
Expenses
$51,421
Assets
$78,856
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANNETTE MEYERSON (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA RAYMONDJACK (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA PRENDERGAST (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY KIM (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANNETTE MEYERSON (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA RAYMONDJACK (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA PRENDERGAST (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote health and welfare needs to the students of sherman oaks center for enriched studies (a public school in the los angeles unified school district). To provide funds to improve educational programs for all students.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide funds to enrich student activities and educational goals. Payments go towards student programs such as robotics, leadership, drama, and stagecraft

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -77.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 199% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.